Month December 2020
Police are asking the public for help in identifying the individual young men who surrounded a car in Manhattan in what Police Commissioner Dermot Shea called a “shocking [and] violent… Read more » The post Young Bicyclists Attack a Car… Continue Reading →
In what is a nightmare scenario in the case of SCHI founder Rabbi Osher Eisemann, the Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court tossed out Rabbi Eisemann’s appeal and agreed with the appeal of the prosecutors. They ruled that the… Continue Reading →
Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday. Iran will pay $150,000 for… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications. The blast seriously damaged… Continue Reading →
One year ago. That’s 365 days to this date: January 1st 2020 was the great day of The Siyum. One year ago, ninety thousand people flocked into the MetLife Stadium to celebrate the 13th Siyum HaShas. It was a celebration… Continue Reading →
A landslide smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and destroying several homes, authorities said. Some 700 people were evacuated amid fears of further landslides. Norwegian police were… Continue Reading →
A landslide smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and destroying several homes, authorities said. Some 700 people were evacuated amid fears of further landslides. Norwegian police were… Continue Reading →
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell for a second straight week last week but remain elevated more than nine months into the health and… Read more » The post Weekly Jobless Claims Fall For… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning that almost 800,000 Israelis have been vaccinated, with 150,600 vaccinations administered on Wednesday, the second day in a row that over 150,000 Israelis have been vaccinated. Almost 30% of Israelis over 60 have… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Admor of Vizhnitz-Bnei Brak was detained on his way to a vacation in the northern Israeli town of Chatzor Haglilit. The aides of the Admor were fined by police who claimed that they had violated… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For 27 years, Asher Isso, an Ethiopian immigrant who arrived in Israel in 1991, has tended faithfully to the golf course greens in Caesarea in order to ensure that the wealthy members of the exclusive golf club… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] One year ago. That’s 365 days to this date: January 1st 2020 was the great day of The Siyum. One year ago, ninety thousand people flocked into the MetLife Stadium to celebrate the 13th Siyum HaShas. It was a… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] One year ago. That’s 365 days to this date: January 1st 2020 was the great day of The Siyum. One year ago, ninety thousand people flocked into the MetLife Stadium to celebrate the 13th Siyum HaShas. It was a… Continue Reading →
Shiva for Hayeled Alter Yerachmiel Gordon Z”L is taking place at 1429 Tanglewood Avenue, Lakewood. Shachris 7:45, Mincha 1:45, and Maariv 8:00.
A new poll conducted by Midgam and requested and published by channel 12 news, showed that if the elections were held today, that it is possible, however difficult, for Likud breakaway Gideon Saar to form a government without Binyamin Netanyahu… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. But the department’s playbook this year includes an unusual… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) —The Israeli State Attorney’s department for internal investigations submitted an indictment against the commander of the Lev Habirah police station, Dep. Com. Shimon Marciano, on two charges of assault. The charges refer to a large Chareidi demonstration which… Continue Reading →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and transit officials cut the ribbon Wednesday on a gleaming new train hub that will give travelers an alternative to cramped, dingy Penn Station across the street. The Moynihan Train Hall takes up 255,000 square feet (23,690… Continue Reading →
Only about 2.6 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the government’s target to vaccinate 20… Read more » The post U.S. Vaccinations in 2020 Falling… Continue Reading →
New Jerseyans who receive food assistance through the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) will receive at least a 15 percent increase in benefits in January to help address food needs related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A 15… Continue Reading →
The man authorities say was the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, with nearly 60 confirmed victims, died Wednesday in California. He was 80. Samuel Little, who had diabetes, heart trouble and other ailments, died at a California hospital,… Continue Reading →